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Hutchinson is 7-1 after beating an Ohio state champion at 220 pounds, 4-3, on the third day of the Disney Duals wrestling tournament in Orlando, Fla.

Hutchinson is the reigning two-time Citizen-Times All-WNC Wrestling of the Year and the recent Enka graduate won his second consecutive NCHSAA 3-A championship at 195 pounds last winter. That capped a 58-0 season in which Hutchinson was also named the 3-A state tournament’s most outstanding wrestler as well as the Mountain Athletic Conference Wrestler of the Year.

Hutchinson racked up the second-most career wins in Western North Carolina history (204) and has signed with Appalachian State.

He is in Orlando with a statewide contingent of wrestlers known as the North Carolina Dream Team. The Disney tournament began Sunday.